Just today, Air India confirmed some new plans of theirs. They will be opening flights between Mumbai and Frankfurt, as well as flights to Nairobi. At the moment, Air India operates a flight between Delhi and Frankfurt, so the Mumbai traffic only has Lufthansa to deal with to get to FRA. The new flights will be both operated three times a week by the Boeing 787.

I can’t say I am amused with the news. With Air India’s flights to Tel Aviv getting postponed or perhaps junked altogether, the airline has to deploy their new planes fast, and what better than to add some long and thin routes quickly.

I’ll post more details about the routes when they are officially announced by the airline on the GDS.